Catacombs frightener relies on timing, improv

Vance Voyles applies makeup in the dressing room at the Old Courthouse Catacombs. The theme for this year’s producaction is Bates Motel, inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Psycho.” The attraction is open Thursdays through Sundays until Nov. 2. It also is open Oct. 30.

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Robbie Blanton pops out from around a dark corner to surprise and terrify people as they walk through the Olde Courthouse Catacombs.

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For the Bates Motel display in the Olde Courthouse Catacombs, the entire room is black and light blue, mimicking Alfred Hitchcock’s black-and-white film in the movie “Psycho.”

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Ashley Alves (left) and Allie Wilhite get ready in the dressing room at the Olde Courthouse Catacombs in Evansville on Oct. 13.

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EVANSVILLE - While dressed in a welder's mask for his role, Vance Voyles waits for groups of people to walk through his dark corridor in the Olde Courthouse Catacombs on Fourth and Vine streets.